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The victims have been identified as 49-year-old Raul Stothart and his son, Chandler.

The Missouri City man and the boy went missing about 9 a.m. Sunday while in the water just north of the San Luis Pass bridge.

Davis said the man's body was spotted first, and the child's body was about an eighth of a mile away. They had drifted about 4 miles from where a family member reportedly lost sight of them in the water.

"It is extremely unusual that they would be found so close together after floating so far," Davis said.

While swimming on the Brazoria County side of the San Luis Pass, the boy called out for help after getting caught in a rip tide. Stothart ran into the water to save his son, and both were swept away.

The Coast Guard and other local agencies searched the pass Sunday for the pair.

In the other reported drowning, Brazoria County officials said a body found Monday about 8 a.m. on Treasure Island appears to match the description of a League City man who disappeared while swimming off the Galveston side of the pass Friday night.

Chris Jackson, 18, went missing when he and his friends were reportedly overtaken by a large wave about 8:30 p.m.

Jackson never resurfaced. Search crews looked for him in the water for about 22 hours, but were unable to locate him.

The body, which was found on the beach some 2 to 3 miles south of the pass bridge, has not been officially identified.

"The ends of the island are really dangerous," Davis noted. "People really should not swim there. It's a bad idea."